Windmill



(No Model.)

W. J. 4HOGfUE` WINDMILL.

No.. 419,123. Patenfed Jan. 7, A1890..

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.. v

VILLIAM JAMES HOGUE, OF LA OTTO, INDIANA.

WINDMILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,123, dated January7, 1890.

Application filed May l, 1889. Serial No. 309,186. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J AMES HOGUE,

A a citizen of the United States, residing at La Otto, in the-county ofNoble and State of In diana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in IVindmills; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of -thisspecification.

This invention relates to vertical solid windmills, and has for itsobject to improve the general construction of the same, whereby theirefficiency is increased, the number of parts reduced, and the frictionlessened.

The improvement consists of the novel features which will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view, parts being brokenaway, of a windmill embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail viewshowing the adjustability of the guide-casting on the tubular standardand the manner of attaching the tail-vane casting to the wheel-casting.

The corner-posts comprising the tower or derrick A are united andprotected at their upper ends by the cap ct, which is centrallyapertured to receive the tubular standard B, that is secured to or formspart of the wheelcasting O. The lower end of the standard B is journaledin the centering` device D, of ordinary construction.

The wheel-casting O is composed of thehorizontalbearingd,in which thewheel-shaft c is journaled, the horizontal and oblique arm d', and thevertical stop d2. The guide-casting F is adjustable or movable on theupper end of the tubular standard, being held thereon by thebinding-screw f, and has the overhanging arm f', through which the upperend of the pumperod G works, and the depending lug f2, between which andthe vertical portion f3 the guide-pulley f4 is journaled. The wheel H isof Wellknown construction, and is mounted on the outer end of the shafte, and

the crank Ion the inner end of the said shaft is connected by the pitmanz' with the pumprod G.

The tailvane casting J, recessed in its side to receive the arm of thetail-vane, and having the vertical arm j, to which the stay-rodf isattached, is pivotally connected atits ends with the wheel-casting C andthe guide-casting F, and has an extension or stop 3'2 at its lower end.This stop G7'2 strikes against the tubular standard B when the wheel isfull in the wind, and against the stop d2 when the wheel is out of thewind. The ends of the tail-vane casting have sockets l) formed therein,and the guide-casting F and the wheel-casting O have correspondingsockets b. The pintles 7c are fitted in the said sockets, and form thepivotal connections between the said tail-vane casting and the wheel andguide castings, as will be readily understood. To remove the tail-vanecasting or place it in position, it is necessary that the guide-castingF be raised suiciently high to clear the upper end of the top pintle.

The wheel-shaft is set to one side of the Vertical axis about which theengine turns when adapting itself to the current of the wind, so that ina gale the engine will be automatically thrown out of gear by reason ofthe greater area of wind-surface of the wheel on 011e side of the saidvertical axis of the engine.

The weighted lever L is pivoted to the arm d', and is connected by rodZwith the tailvane, as shown. The cord M, attached to the adjustablecollar m on the weighted lever, passes over the guide-pulleyf4, andthence down through the tubular standard B within convenient reach.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a windmill, the combination of the wheel-casting having a tubularstandard B, a horizontal bearing d, a horizontal and oblique arm d', andthe vertical stop cl2, the tail-vane casting having a stop j?,constructed, as described, to engage either the tubular standard or stopd2, the guide-casting F, movable on the standard B and having thetail-vane IOO In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIAM JAMES HOGUE.

Witnesses:

ELMER LEONARD, JAMES E. GRAHAM.

